---
type: "Bill"
title: "Duties of a Guardian of the Person - Visitation"
description: "Duties of a Guardian of the Person - Visitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1483"
citation: "Maryland HB 1483 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Family Law", "Attorneys", "Cemeteries", "Circuit Courts", "Communications", "Death", "Disabilities", "Estates and Trusts", "Family Law", "Fees", "Funerals", "Hearings", "Hospitals", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Minors", "Notices", "Parents and Guardians", "Petitions", "Postal Service", "Privacy", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Telephones", "Vulnerable Adults"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saab"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0f85b0-24a1-411d-ae02-82f63e02afd7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1483&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6a2b4d2fd896d59fb6fce8e9efe9e8985a6eba963ff9a3b9275b397ed5b8dcb6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 1483 (2018) — Duties of a Guardian of the Person - Visitation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1483f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saab — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- Branch — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cluster — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Corderman — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Kittleman — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rey — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Vallario — cosponsor (person)
- Vogt — cosponsor (person)
- W. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wivell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {356783/3 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {548272/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef0f85b0-24a1-411d-ae02-82f63e02afd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).